Aselia's POV
I just wanted some solace to escape this living hell called 'my life'. It hurt so much to not be able to do something to which you had dedicated your whole life. Phantom still escaped and here I was stuck with this man, whom I couldn't hate no matter how much I tried. My heart just wanted him to hold me close, my fickle heart. Why couldn't it be more like my brain?
He shifted his hand from my face to my waist and with one nimble move he shifted me on his lap, hugging me close to his chest. I should have protested but I had no energy today. He wrapped his arms around my shoulders and buried me in his chest. The desert called my heart soaked in his warmth and tenderness like a sponge. The more he gave the more it consumed, remaining forever thirsty for this desert was so vast and no one had ever provided the comfort he did.
